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‘We Can Do as We Want’: Trump Boasts He Can Deploy Troops Into U.S. Cities However He Likes

Speaking to troops aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in Japan, President Donald Trump boasted that he can send any branch of America’s armed forces into U.S. cities as part of his anti-crime ...
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Johnson Says Trump ‘Trolling’ on Major Constitutional Question

President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about running for a third term, but Speaker of the House Mike Johnson does not appear to be taking him very seriously. “I would love to do it,” Trump ...
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‘Refrain From Any Action’: Congressional Vets Warn Trump on Using Troops Against Americans

More than forty members of Congress, including military veterans, are urging President Donald Trump to not violate the Posse Comitatus Act by using U.S. Armed Forces against Americans on American soil ...
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‘Unequivocally False’: USDA Slammed for Claim It Can’t Fund SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says contingency funds cannot be used to pay SNAP benefits to about 42 million people, despite its own prior guidance that points to “Congressional intent.” The USDA ...
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‘Racist on Its Face’: Top Democrat Blasts Trump’s ‘Truly Vile’ New Policy

A prominent Senate Democrat is blasting President Donald Trump’s new refugee policy, calling it “racist” and “truly vile.” U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) pointed to a New York Times article that ...
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‘Travesty’: Trump Reportedly Seeking ‘Bizarre’ $230 Million Payout From DOJ

President Donald Trump reportedly appears to be demanding the U.S. Department of Justice pay him $230 million in compensation after multiple investigations during his presidential campaign. “The ...
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Not a ‘Gut-Wrenching’ Problem: Ron Johnson Shrugs Off Millions Losing Subsidies

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, sought to downplay the impact that losing Affordable Care Act subsidies would have on millions of Americans, calling it not a ...
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‘Sick’: Jeffries Torches Trump’s ‘Out of Control’ Press Secretary

House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is the latest to lash out at Karoline Leavitt over the White House press secretary’s Thursday attack on the Democratic Party, during which she alleged ...
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Majority Call Trump a ‘Dangerous Dictator’ Leading Nation Off Course: Report

A sweeping new poll seen as a “reliable pre-election barometer” finds majorities of Americans deeply unhappy with the nation’s course and increasingly describing President Donald Trump as a “dangerous ...
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‘I Don’t Know—He Was Recommended’: Trump Struggles to Justify Latest Pardon

Just after pardoning the founder of Binance, President Donald Trump struggled to explain his decision — appearing unfamiliar with both the recipient and the legal issues surrounding the case that led ...
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‘Get in the Game’: Greene Rebukes GOP Leadership on Policy Vision

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the once-loyal MAGA soldier whose recent attacks on her own party have led some to wonder if she is the “New Republican Voice of Sanity,” is out with another ...